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Manus Island: First refugees leave PNG for U.S. under swap deal
Many of them are barred from accepting citizenship in Australia, even if they are granted refugee status. The refugees were accepted under a deal between former United States president Barack Obama and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. "They know the people who were in this prison with them are still here". Concerns persist, however, that numerous refugees in the Australian-run camps will not b... [Full Article...]
North Korea says Trump has declared war on his country
Kim responded with the first-ever direct statement from a North Korean leader against a USA president, lobbing a string of insults at Trump. Speaking to reporters outside his NY hotel, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho responded to Trump, who had warned on Twitter at the weekend that North Korea "won't be around much longer" if it keeps up its threats. [Full Article...]
Twitter finally breaks silence on why it's never suspended President Trump
On Saturday, Trump tweeted North Korea "won't be around much longer" if it continues to threaten the United States, which critics argued violated Twitter's rules against violent threats. "We need to do better on this, and will". " Twitter is committed to transparency and keeping people informed about what's happening in the world". [Full Article...]
Five injured as auto bomber hits North Atlantic Treaty Organisation convoy in Kabul
The attack was targeted against North Atlantic Treaty Organisation security forces convoy. Around 13,000 troops are deployed in Afghanistan to support the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission (RSM). Clashes between the Afghan security forces and terrorists groups are a regular occurrence in Afghanistan. The Taliban militants have been on the rampage since April when they launched a so-called annu... [Full Article...]
10 most popular cities for worldwide travelers in 2017
Globally, Kuala Lumpur has the greatest percentage of visitors on vacation, recorded at 92.2 per cent. But the biggest movers and shakers around the world lie mostly in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, which has seen a 15 to 24 per cent growth in global visits over the last seven years. [Full Article...]
Trump and North Korea war of words escalates
If North Korea really has tested a hydrogen bomb, as it claims - and that remains a big "if" - it has joined a select group. North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un , has said Mr Trump would "pay dearly" for threatening to " totally destroy " North Korea if the USA was forced to defend itself or its allies against a North Korean attack. [Full Article...]
Trump wall prototype to be built this week
The walls are to range between 18 and 30 feet high and succeed in one prevailing goal: "deter illegal crossings in the area in which they are constructed". "It's just political theater", Hiram Soto, spokesman for Alliance San Diego, told the Times . President Donald Trump's push, via an executive order, for "immediate construction of a physical wall", some portions of which would fall within co... [Full Article...]
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Holds White House Press Briefing 9/25/2017
The White House on Monday denied it had declared war on North Korea, dismissing claims from the DPRK's foreign minister and calling them "absurd". Mr Ri told reporters that Mr Trump's statement gives North Korea "every right" under the UN Charter to take counter-measures, "including the right to shoot down the United States strategic bombers even though they're not yet inside the airspace bord... [Full Article...]